This Month
Swinburne vice-chancellor quits amid investigation into chancellor
Pascale Quester has been vice-chancellor since August 2020 and was dealing with the fallout of low employee morale over concerns about the chancellor’s leadership.
Six men started an annual trip. They didn’t realise it would become a lifeline
In 1994, six men started the A to Z Club, meeting annually in alphabetical cities. The tradition has evolved to deep conversations about life.
‘Quite alarmed’: The study that might change your mind about medicinal cannabis
Leading Australian psychiatrists say the findings should serve as a wake-up call for the government to better regulate the $1 billion medicinal cannabis industry.
Why you shouldn’t panic about GLP-1 muscle loss
Social media influencers and supplement companies have stoked concerns, but experts say the issue is a lot more complicated.
NAPLAN fail: Outage causes nationwide chaos for students
System failures left many students across the country unable to log on to the online testing platform on the first day of the scheme this year.
They hated exercise. Weight-loss drugs changed everything
For some people, the medications have transformed their relationship with physical activity.
February
This is how a child dies of measles
Most children infected with measles will survive the virus, but 30 per cent of cases lead to complications, and it is nearly impossible to predict which patients will be affected.
G8 Education slumps to big loss as abuse scandal hits sign-ups
The childcare operator made a net loss of $303 million due to falling enrolments and increased pressure following child abuse revelations
Are woke universities racist? Not based on biased Racism@Uni report
In fact, the Human Rights Commission data shows low-risk exposure to experiences of questionable racism at arguably the most progressive institutions in the country.
To stay in her home, she let in an AI robot
At 85, Jan Worrell lived alone on a remote corner of the Washington coast. Could ElliQ become her companion?
Big unis are over-enrolling domestic students ahead of hard cap
Sydney University is experiencing growing pains above its domestic student target. The university sector wants the Albanese government to ditch the new caps.
Three reasons old people are happier (that work for any age)
These patterns of behaviour explain why old people tend to be happier than young adults. You can learn these rules for good living and enjoy their benefits.
UTS to cull more than 100 jobs after regulator rejects union claim
Views about costs and alternatives to redundancies were labelled speculative and irrelevant by the workplace regulator, paving the way for over 100 job cuts.
January
Pathway to Indigenous excellence aims to change the equation
Good news stories about Indigenous Australians can be hard to find, but this organisation is helping to break the cycle by turning hope into professional excellence.
Foreign students have a target on their backs
In a supercharged debate, Labor knows the risk of high immigration numbers being blamed for housing shortages, rental costs and overstretched infrastructure.
Our unis are helping overseas students abuse the visa system
Completely non-genuine international students are turning to the nuclear option to buy more time: an onshore application for asylum under the humanitarian visa stream
King’s School settles with departing headmaster who sued
The private school has settled Tony George’s legal action and Reverend Stephen Edwards has been appointed interim headmaster.
There is no magic pudding for private hospitals
The health minister should proceed with caution and be wary of government interventions that suboptimally shift costs around an inefficient private health system.
Sacked for Israeli flag: How Sydney Uni handled pro-Palestine encampment
Internal emails show the university struggled to balance the competing demands of free speech and safety as tensions were inflamed by the weeks-long protest.
December 2025
NDIS failing thousands with psychosocial disability: Grattan
Work has stalled on a national cabinet commitment to provide support to 130,000 Australians with mental health challenges, the Grattan Institute says.
Why the NDIS could drag Australia into a UK-style economic rut
After the productivity roundtable, policymakers should have the guts to introduce price signals and market discipline into the fastest-growing government program.
